Beginner wood lathe recommendation

Renegade1LI · Mar 21, 2026

gte718p said:
This is clasic GJ. The OP wants to turn pens and GJ recommends 700 lb 3 phase beast.

I prefer to think of it as futureproofing.

BigMike782 · Mar 21, 2026

Renegade1LI said:
I prefer to think of it as futureproofing.

That’s not a bad thing if you have room and power to run it.

redragoon · Mar 24, 2026

BigMike782 said:
That’s not a bad thing if you have room and power to run it.

Both things I am currently short of in my garage.

A coworker has a Delta lathe he will let me borrow while he is not using it.